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Access Load Case Manager Example (C#)

This example shows how to access the Load Case Manager to define load cases and load case combinations.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Add the SOLIDWORKS Simulation as an add-in (in SOLIDWORKS, click
//    Tools > Add-ins > SOLIDWORKS Simulation > OK).
// 2. Add the SOLIDWORKS Simulation primary interop assembly as a reference
//    (in the IDE, click Project > Add Reference > .NET >
//    SolidWorks.Interop.cosworks > OK).
// 3. Ensure that the specified model exists.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Gets the Ready study.
// 2. Opens the Load Case Manager.
// 3. Adds primary load cases and load case combinations.
// 4. Analyzes Ready using all primary load cases and load case combinations.
// 5. Creates a results displacement plot.
// 6. Click each primary load case and load case combination in the
//    Results View tab of the Load Case Manager. Inspect the result data
//    in the graphics area after each click.
//
// NOTE: Because the model is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using SolidWorks.Interop.cosworks;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace LoadCaseManager_CSharp.csproj
{
    partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        ModelDoc2 Part;
        CosmosWorks COSMOSWORKS;
        CwAddincallback CWAddinCallBack;
        CWModelDoc ActDoc;
        CWStudyManager StudyMngr;
        CWStudy Study;
        CWMesh Mesh;
        CWLoadCaseManager LoadCaseManager;
        CWResults CWResult;
        CWPlot CWCFf;
        CWStaticStudyOptions StudyOptions;

        int errCode;
        int longstatus;
        int longwarnings;

        bool bSuccess;

        object PrimaryCases;
        object SecondaryCases;
        object[] varBOOLVals = new object[1];
        object[] varLoadVals = new object[1];
        object[] varRetBOOLVals = new object[1];
        object[] varRetLoadVals = new object[1];
        string strCombination;
        string retStrCombination;

double e1;

         double e2;

        public void Main()
        {
            Part = swApp.OpenDoc6("C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2024\\Simulation Examples\\Tutor1.sldprt", (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, 1, "", ref longstatus, ref longwarnings);
            if (Part == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Failed to open Tutor1.sldprt");

            CWAddinCallBack = (CwAddincallback)swApp.GetAddInObject("CosmosWorks.CosmosWorks");
            if (CWAddinCallBack == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Simulation add-in not loaded");
            COSMOSWORKS = CWAddinCallBack.CosmosWorks;
            if (COSMOSWORKS == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No COSMOSWORKS object");

            ActDoc = COSMOSWORKS.ActiveDoc;
            if (ActDoc == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No active document");

            StudyMngr = ActDoc.StudyManager;
            if (StudyMngr == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No CWStudyManager object");
            Study = StudyMngr.GetStudy(0);
            StudyMngr.ActiveStudy = 0;
            if (Study == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No study");

            LoadCaseManager = Study.LoadCaseManager;
            if (LoadCaseManager == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No Load Case Manager");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.OpenLoadCaseManager();

StudyOptions = Study.StaticStudyOptions

StudyOptions.AdaptiveMethodType = 2

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveConvergenceCriteria = 0

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveErrorLimit = 1.0

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveMaxIterations = 4

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveMaxPOrder = 5

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveStartingPOrder = 2

StudyOptions.PAdaptiveStrainEnergyErrorLimit = 2.0

StudyOptions.IncludeRemarkInReport = 1

StudyOptions.RemarkComment = "Remark comment"

StudyOptions.NoPenetration = 1

StudyOptions.IgnoreClearanceForSurfaceContact = 1

StudyOptions.IncompatibleBondingOption = swsIncompatibleBondingOption_Automatic

StudyOptions.IncludeGlobalFriction = 1

StudyOptions.FrictionCoefficient = 0.5

'Mesh

CWMesh = (CWMesh)Study.Mesh

CWMesh.Quality = 1

CWMesh.GetDefaultElementSizeAndTolerance(0, out el, out tl)

errCode = Study.CreateMesh(0, el, tl)

'Run analysis

errCode = Study.RunAnalysis()

'Get results

CWResult = (CWResults)Study.Results

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.AddNewPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case1");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not created");
            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.AddNewPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not created");
            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.AddNewPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case3");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not created");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.DeletePrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case3");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not deleted");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.SuppressOrUnSuppressPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case2", true);
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not suppressed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.SuppressOrUnSuppressPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case2", false);
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not unsuppressed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.RenamePrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case2", "Live Load2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Primary load case not renamed");

            varBOOLVals[0] = false;
            varLoadVals[0] = 3.5;
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetLoadDataForPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case1", "Pressure-1", (varBOOLVals), (varLoadVals));
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load data of Pressure-1 not applied to My Load Case1");

            varBOOLVals[0] = true;
            varLoadVals[0] = -1;
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetLoadDataForPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case1", "Restraint-1", (varBOOLVals), (varLoadVals));
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load data of Restraint-1 not applied to My Load Case1");

            varBOOLVals[0] = false;
            varLoadVals[0] = -1;
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetLoadDataForPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case1", "Restraint-1", (varBOOLVals), (varLoadVals));
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load data of Restraint-1 not applied to My Load Case1");

            varBOOLVals[0] = false;
            varLoadVals[0] = 6.5;
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetLoadDataForPrimaryLoadCase("Live Load2", "Pressure-1", (varBOOLVals), (varLoadVals));
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load data of Pressure-1 not applied to Live Load2");

            varRetLoadVals = (object[])LoadCaseManager.GetLoadDataForPrimaryLoadCase("Live Load2", "Pressure-1", out varRetBOOLVals[0]);

            strCombination = "\"My Load Case1\" + \"Live Load2\"";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.AddNewLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination1", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination1 not added");

            strCombination = "2*(sin(30)*\"My Load Case1\"*(1 + 1) + (4 - 2)*\"Live Load2\"*cos(60))";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.AddNewLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination2", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 not added");

            strCombination = "\"My Load Case1\" + \"Live Load2\"";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.AddNewLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination3", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination3 not added");

            strCombination = "\"My Load Case1\" + \"Live Load2\"";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.AddNewLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination4", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination4 not added");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.DeleteLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination3");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination3 not deleted");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.DeleteLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination4");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination4 cannot be deleted");

            strCombination = "\"My Load Case1\" + \"Live Load2\"";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.AddNewLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination3", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination3 not added");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.SuppressOrUnSuppressLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination2", true);
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 not suppressed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.SuppressOrUnSuppressLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination2", false);
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 not unsuppressed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.SuppressOrUnSuppressLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination3", true);
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination3 not suppressed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.RenameLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination2", "My Combination2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 not renamed");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.RenameLoadCaseCombination("My Combination2", "Load Case Combination2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 not renamed");

            strCombination = "\"My Load Case1\" * \"Live Load2\"";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetEquationForLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination1", strCombination);
            if (errCode == 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination1 equation not set");

            strCombination = "(\"My Load Case1\"*2 + \"Live Load2\"*2)/2";
            errCode = LoadCaseManager.SetEquationForLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination1", strCombination);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination1 equation not set");

            retStrCombination = LoadCaseManager.GetEquationForLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination1");
            errCode = retStrCombination.CompareTo(strCombination);
            if (errCode < 0 | errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination1 equation not returned");

            PrimaryCases = LoadCaseManager.GetAllPrimaryLoadCaseNames();
            SecondaryCases = LoadCaseManager.GetAllLoadCaseCombinationNames();

            errCode = LoadCaseManager.RunLoadCases(true, true);
            if (errCode > 0)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load cases failed to run");

            LoadCaseManager.ShowLoadCaseViewTab();

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.ShowResultsViewTab();
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Cannot display Results View tab");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.LoadResultsOfPrimaryLoadCase("My Load Case1");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "My Load Case1 results not loaded");

            CWResult = Study.Results;
            if (CWResult == null)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "No CWResults object");

            CWCFf = CWResult.CreatePlot((int)swsPlotResultTypes_e.swsResultDisplacementOrAmplitude, (int)swsStaticResultDisplacementComponentTypes_e.swsStaticDisplacement_URES, (int     swsUnit_e.swsUnitSI, false, out errCode);

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.LoadResultsOfPrimaryLoadCase("Live Load2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Live Load2 results not loaded");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.LoadResultsOfLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination1");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination1 results not loaded");

            bSuccess = LoadCaseManager.LoadResultsOfLoadCaseCombination("Load Case Combination2");
            if (bSuccess == false)
                ErrorMsg(swApp, "Load Case Combination2 results not loaded");

            //LoadCaseManager.CloseLoadCaseManager
            //LoadCaseManager.DeleteAllDataAndClose

        }

        public void ErrorMsg(SldWorks SwApp, string Message)
        {
            SwApp.SendMsgToUser2(Message, 0, 0);
            SwApp.RecordLine("'*** WARNING - General");
            SwApp.RecordLine("'*** " + Message);
            SwApp.RecordLine("");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}

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